WesternFrontWW1
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A page for WW1 history, research, books, films etc. This is for remembrance and history only. I will re-post WW1 info - so please feel free to link me to your posts if you want help to highlight an event/publication etc.
The Notre Dame memorial to British and Commonwealth fallen:
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Notre Dame memorial to British and Commonwealth fallen:
The war memorial at Bushmills, Co Antrim.
August 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The war memorial at Bushmills, Co Antrim.
Memorial to Edward Horner at St Andrew's Church, Mells, Somerset #SirEdwinLutyens #SirAlfredMunnings
June 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Memorial to Edward Horner at St Andrew's Church, Mells, Somerset #SirEdwinLutyens #SirAlfredMunnings
Siegfried Sassoon's grave at Mells. #Sassoon #RoyalWelchFusiliers
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Siegfried Sassoon's grave at Mells. #Sassoon #RoyalWelchFusiliers
The memorial to the Services of Supply in the American Expeditionary Force that were based in Tours.
June 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The memorial to the Services of Supply in the American Expeditionary Force that were based in Tours.
The gallery at Chateau Chenonceau, used as a hospital ward for French soldiers during WW1.
June 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The gallery at Chateau Chenonceau, used as a hospital ward for French soldiers during WW1.
A candle in a recess in WW1 tunnel. There was a holy-water font too nearby.
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
A candle in a recess in WW1 tunnel. There was a holy-water font too nearby.
It is in that area, but later - this was also on the wall.
December 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
It is in that area, but later - this was also on the wall.
Another WW1 tunnel inscription. Can anyone identify this Canadian soldier?
December 9, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Another WW1 tunnel inscription. Can anyone identify this Canadian soldier?
The entrance to a listening gallery in a tunnel system. For scale, a grown man can crawl along the gallery that ran for about 20m before opening out into a small chamber where the occupant would sit and wait, listening... Originally the whole tunnel system was excavated at roughly the same height.
November 27, 2024 at 9:27 AM
The entrance to a listening gallery in a tunnel system. For scale, a grown man can crawl along the gallery that ran for about 20m before opening out into a small chamber where the occupant would sit and wait, listening... Originally the whole tunnel system was excavated at roughly the same height.
WW1 tunneller's humour - this 'duck' was drawn at a point where the tunnel height dropped from standing to a crouch.
November 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
WW1 tunneller's humour - this 'duck' was drawn at a point where the tunnel height dropped from standing to a crouch.
Canadian tunnellers - left their mark underground in carvings and chinagraph pencil. This tunnel eventually led forward to Vimy Ridge.
November 26, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Canadian tunnellers - left their mark underground in carvings and chinagraph pencil. This tunnel eventually led forward to Vimy Ridge.
Somme American Cemetery
November 26, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Somme American Cemetery
Riqueval bridge then (1918) and now (2024):
November 26, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Riqueval bridge then (1918) and now (2024):